ADFL

Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Liberation du Congo

CDR

Coalition pour la Défense de la Republique. Extremist party during Habyarimana’s regime that had a key role in the genocide

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)

CNDD

Conseil National pour la Defénse de la Démocratie (Burundi)

DIP

Division of International Protection (UNHCR)

DoD

Department of Defense (U.S.)

DSP

Division Speciale Présidentielle. Elite force in the Zairian army

ex-FAR

Ex-Forces Armées Rwandaises. Former Rwandan Armed Forces under late President Habyarimana

FAZ

Forces Armées Zairoises

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

Interahamwe

Means "those who work together". Civilian militia of MRND, during Habyarimana’s regime. Had a key role in the genocide. Another militia, called Impuzamugambi, was organised by the CDR

MNF

Multinational Force

MRND

Mouvement Revolutionnaire National pour le Développement et la Démocratie. Habyarimana’s party

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization

NSC

National Security Council (U.S.)

PRM

Population, Refugee, and Migration Bureau (U.S. State Department)

RDR

Rassemblement pour le Retour et la Démocratie

RPA

Rwandan Patriotic Army

RPF

Rwandan Patriotic Front

RTLMC

Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (Rwanda)

SRSG

Special Representative of the Secretary-General (U.N.)

SURB

Special Unit for Rwanda and Burundi. Set up within UNHCR Geneva as focal point for the crisis in the Great Lakes region

UNAMIR

United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNHCHR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WFP

World Food Programme

ZCSC

Zairian Camp Security Contingent. Deployed in eastern Zaire to improve security in refugee camps